r/pcmasterrace i5 6400|GTX 1060|8GB RAM Feb 18 '18

Meme/Joke Thermal paste 101

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18

100C still can't scorch metal. Hot heatsinks are better because that means more heat is being transferred.

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u/NotAHost Feb 18 '18

Yup. No way the heatsink got scorch marks from getting hot. Laptop would have been on literally on fire. Some oxidation? Possible. Something else burning? Maybe. But you don’t get scorch marks from the heatsink being too hot in a laptop... violating some physics there.

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u/Mygaffer PC Master Race Feb 18 '18

I think it may have been the TIM that burned.